Life in the Kraken Podcast

Join host David Robertson, Josh Kyu Saiewitz, and Sam Kenkel as they discuss pop culture from inside the belly of the beast. New episodes drop every two weeks, so check back for the latest and greatest conversations ever recorded in the thoracic cavity of a monster from beyond time and space.

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This week, join David, Kyu, Sam, and special guests Matt Morris, Bryant Cannon, and Sarah Ann Head as they discuss Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 1, “Dragonstone.” Stay tuned after the episode for a special fanfic reading by Sarah Ann and Walder Frey! (Excerpt from “End of Days” by auroreanrave (NSFW) used without permission.)

In this episode, host David, Kyu, and Sam catch up on talking some 2017 movies and TV shows they’ve seen, discussing the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Netflix’s Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

Welcome to our new podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Fillory Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 2 of Syfy’s The Magicians week to week. This week, join host David and Kyu as they discuss Season 2, Episode 1, “Knight of Crowns.”

In this episode, David, Sam, and Kyu discuss the mind-bending alien movie Arrival, three sci-fi comics (Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, Brian K. Vaughn’s The Private Eye, and Warren Ellis’ Planetary), and Kyu nominates FX’s Fargo as the greatest show currently on television.

In this episode, David and Kyu discuss the sad state of modern movie villains, noir comedy The Nice Guys, the AFI Film Fest in Los Angeles, and what movies they’re looking forward to in the rest of 2016.

The gang return after a long hiatus to discuss Marvel’s Doctor Strange, the small but exciting world of Lovecraftian board games by Fantasy Flight, and everybody’s favorite anime segment, Nothing But Trash.

In today’s episode, the gang talks some of this summer’s many movie sequels: The Conjuring 2, Finding Dory, Now You See Me 2, and bonus film Star Trek Beyond. Plus, we discuss the hit party game Codenames, David nominates You’re the Worst for best show currently on television, and everyone enjoys another round of Nothing But Trash.

This week, the gang discuss which film directors should tackle what new genres. Sam nominates It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia as the greatest show currently on television, and then there’s a Lightning Round.

This week, join David, Kyu, Sam, and special guest Matt Morris for the final episode in this series, as they discuss Season Six as a whole and what they hope to see next year on Game of Thrones. Thanks for listening!

David and Kyu discuss AMC’s new show Preacher, based on the Garth Ennis comic of the same name. Kyu nominates FX’s Louie as the greatest show currently on television, the guys talk about the current state of HBO, and there’s just time for a quick Lightning Round.

This week, join host David, Kyu, Sam, and special guest Matt Morris as they discuss Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9, “Battle of the Bastards.” Also, stay tuned for this week’s special tag, where the Game of Thrones Comedy Power Hour Players perform their new skit, “Jon Snow Rallies The Troops.”

David, Kyu, and Sam discuss their favorite time travel movies (Primer, Looper, and The Terminator Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey), then the CCG-simulator board game Millennium Blades. Kyu nominates FX’s Archer as the best TV show currently airing, plus, another round of everybody’s favorite segment, “Nothing But Trash.” NOTE: reports of this podcast episode’s existence have been greatly exaggerated. There is no Episode 010. You heard nothing.

This week, join David, Kyu, and special guest Matt Morris as they discuss Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 5, “The Door.” Also, stay tuned for this week’s special tag, where the Game of Thrones Comedy Power Hour Players perform their new skit, “Who’s On Throne?”

In Episodic 007, David and Kyu discuss Syfy’s recently concluded first season of The Magicians, as well as the much better trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman upon which it is based. Then with the help of special surprise guest Matt Morris, they take another spin at current anime with Nothing But Trash.

Welcome to our new podcast series, Life in the Kraken: Westeros Edition! In this series, we’ll be exclusively talking about Season 6 of Game of Thrones week to week. For today’s intro, join David and Kyu as they discuss their history with the show, how they feel about it so far, and what they’re hoping to see in Season 6.

In Episodic 006, it’s a mash! A monster mash! It’s a graveyard, etc. The point is, we’re talking both Universal’s upcoming attempt at a Marvel-esque shared universe of classic monster movie reboots and the much more actual tangible existing monster mash-up, Showtime’s Penny Dreadful. In between, Sam takes us on a tour of the infamous Studio Deen and we all try to decide why it had to be snakes in the adventure board game Fortune & Glory.

In this special super hero-themed episode, the gang discusses Zack Snyder’s recent entry in the DC cinematic universe, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the most popular rated-R super hero film ever, Deadpool, and the second season of Netflix’s Daredevil. “What is a comic? A fractal pile of bullshit! But enough talk…”

In this episode, we extoll the virtues of Alex Hirsch’s Gravity Falls;recommend three excellent foreign films (Bela Tarr’s masterpiece The Werckmeister Harmonies, the animated Kizumonogatari, and the Oscar-nominated Turkish film Mustang); are intrigued by the brutal difficulty of the Shadowrun: Crossfire deckbuilding board game; and bring another trash-filled installment of our anime segment, “Nothing But Trash.”

This week we’re talking Netflix’s Making a Murderer and its true crime brethren. Plus, the hit new board game Time Stories, Sam nominates Rick & Morty for best current TV show, and in a brand new segment we ask the question, “Anime. Is it nothing but trash?”

The gang discuss three Best Picture nominees (The Revenant, Spotlight, and Mad Max: Fury Road), overview the current anime season, and evaluate Kyu’s nomination of The Americans for the best current TV show.